Department
Sociology
Vacancy Type
Fixed-Term
Contract Length
7 months
Full-Time/Part-Time
Part Time
Salary
£44,028 - £57,496
Actual Hours
21 hours per week
FTE
0.6
Contact Details
For more information about the role, please contact Alex Rhys-Taylor [email protected]
Posted Date
21/10/2024
Closing Date
21/11/2024
Ref No
10305
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What makes Goldsmiths unique?
Goldsmiths is a world-renowned university that has a reputation for rigorous and innovative academic work; creativity has long been our hallmark. Academic excellence and imaginative course content combine to make a place where creative minds can thrive.
About the Department
The Department of Sociology has an outstanding reputation based upon our strong emphasis on theoretical sociology and the development of methodologically rigorous approaches to sociological issues. Our research and teaching are committed to making sociology matter within and outside the university. We do this through tackling issues of inequality, marginalisation and social, economic and political justice at both local and global scales.
We invent and experiment with new research methods and critical social and cultural theory. We work in pluri-disciplinary ways that cut across conventional boundaries between disciplines, theory and practice and inside and outside of the academy.
The Sociology Department at Goldsmiths was established over 50 years ago and our approach builds on our history. We are a dynamic department made up of undergraduate and postgraduate students on our different programmes, PhD, post-doctoral and early career researchers, academic and professional staff, and visiting fellows.
We are internationally recognised for our cutting-edge intellectual culture that combines critical, pluri-disciplinary and inventive approaches to research and teaching across the social sciences, arts and humanities.
About the Role
We are seeking a highly motivated Sociologist with both a specialism in photography and proven teaching experience. This is for a fixed-term position. The successful candidate will combine their sociological expertise with visual methods, particularly photography, to contribute to research and teach undergraduate and/or postgraduate students. This role is ideal for someone passionate about exploring the intersection of photography and sociological inquiry while fostering student engagement through creative and interdisciplinary teaching methods.
Main duties
Benefits
We have generous benefits – an agile working environment, 28 days' annual leave plus 6 paid closure days (4 at Christmas and 2 at Easter) plus all Bank Holidays, great transport links, a defined benefit pension scheme, support for professional development, and a broad range of wellbeing initiatives such as staff choir, running club, and creative writing classes.
Goldsmiths, University of London is passionate about advancing equality and celebrating diversity.